Clinical and Mechanistic Study of Patients (With COVID-19 or Not) With a Recent Acrosyndrome (ACROCOVID)

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Adult Patients With Lesions on Fingers or Toes

Treatments: Other: Skin biopsy; Other: Blood sampling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04590209

N° IDRCB 2020-A0181336 (Other Identifier)

APHP200884

Details and patient eligibility

About

The recent and unexpected occurrence of patients with the development of skin lesions on the hands and/ or feet has been described recently. As these cases occurred contemporaneously with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and as it was the most often occurrence of de novo frostbites, the question raised of whether there is a direct link between the occurrence of these lesions and infection of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) the responsible for CoVID-19. Indeed, mechanisms of these lesions and the precise correlation with Sars-CoV-2 remains poorly understood. Therefore, this study aim to:

1. Determine the possible link with this virus,
2. Understand the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of these lesions.

Full description

In this study, the investigator designed a prospective interventional study in order to collect blood samples and skin lesion biopsy at significant time points in patients who present a skin lesion. The intervention in this study is limited to some blood samples and skin biopsies.

Two 7 mL tubes of blood will be collected at consultant time for essentially serological test for the SARS-CoV-2 and for analysing certain populations of white blood cells. The second additional blood sample of 7 mL will be collected around day 15 after inclusion in a dry tube to perform a serological test for SARS-CoV-2 at a distance from the onset of skin signs.

A biopsy for histological study is usually done in patients with acrosyndrome. This is why this type of biopsy will be done as a routine care of these patients. An immunohistochemical study could complete the histological explorations using an anti-coronavirus antibody if arguments in favour of SARS-CoV-2 are demonstrated. In this study, patients who accept and sign informed consent will be proposed a skin biopsy on a characteristic lesion for freezing. This biopsy can be used for transcriptomic analysis. This may allow a better understanding of the mechanisms of the disease.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients
• Consultant for the recent occurrence of lesions on the fingers and or toes
• Having signed an informed consent
• Affiliated or entitled to a social security regime

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under guardianship or under curate
• Patients under state medical assistance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Acrosyndrome

Experimental group

Description:

The blood sample, skin biopsy and other biological samples will be taken from patients The precise description of the semiology of skin lesions, their topography, as well as the analysis of the entire skin integument and mucous, cardiac and pulmonary auscultation and neurological examination will be done as required.

Treatment:

Other: Blood sampling

Other: Skin biopsy